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INSTITUTION DURATION UCAS CODE CAMPUS
(WITH PLACEMENT
YEAR)
MSci BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
The MSci in Biological Sciences is an The fourth year involves an extensive and in-depth research
undergraduate integrated masterÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™s degree, project, together with training in advanced research methods.
the aim of which is to prepare you for a PhD or This will build on your knowledge gained from your first three
years and develop your scientific and transferable skills further,
a career in an academic or industrial research making you ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥˜work readyÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™ and able to realise your full potential
environment, where you will endeavour to make as soon as you embark on your chosen career path after
advances in human and veterinary medicine or graduating from the course.
fundamental biological research.
The course will give you a clear and detailed understanding
of the physiology, cellular and molecular biology underpinning
COURSE OVERVIEW health and disease as well as an insight into disease
This programme allows you to discover and explore all aspects mechanisms and an appreciation of comparative and integrated
of biological sciences. Modules are structured across the first approaches to aid diagnosis and treatment. The course is
three years of the course to build a broad base of knowledge, particularly suitable for those considering a career in research,
whilst also allowing the opportunity to specialise through providing graduates with the skills and experience required for a
optional module selections and research projects in your successful career in the biosciences.
second and third year.
4
3 COMPULSORY MODULES (co-requisite 30-credit YEAR Research Project
YEAR
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Research skills
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Research project (30 credits)
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Extended
(105 credits)
OPTIONAL MODULES
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Critical Review (30 credits)
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Advanced concepts
research project)
in bio-business
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Advanced concepts
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Development and disease
in reproduction ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Omics approach to biology
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Applied molecular microbiology ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Endocrine and
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Advanced skeletal pathobiology metabolic syndromes
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Animal behaviour and cognition ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Epidemiology: the bigger picture
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Applied animal welfare ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Infection and immunity (30 credits)
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Comparative animal ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Parasitology of human and
locomotion (30 credits) veterinary tropical diseases
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Comparative models of disease ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Practical investigative biology
ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Comparative anatomy ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¢ Science of animal welfare
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